The Mediterranean region under climate change

A scientific update

Jean-Paul Moatti, Stéphane Thiébault

• Publisher: IRD Éditions
• Year: 2016
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9782709922203
• Subtopic: Environmental Conservation & Protection
• Index: Biological Sciences

This book has been published by Allenvi (French National Alliance for Environmental Research) to coincide with the 22nd Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP22) in Marrakesh. It is the outcome of work by academic researchers on both sides of the Mediterranean and provides a remarkable scientific review of the mechanisms of climate change and its impacts on the environment, the economy, health and Mediterranean societies. It will also be valuable in developing responses that draw on "scientific evidence" to address the issues of adaptation, resource conservation, solutions and risk prevention. Reflecting the full complexity of the Mediterranean environment, the book is a major scientific contribution to the climate issue, where various scientific considerations converge to break down the boundaries between disciplines.

Table of contents

• Introductory pages
• Table of contents
• Preface
• Préface
• Introduction
• Introduction
• Part 1. Mechanisms, observed trends, projections
• Part 2. Vulnerability and impacts
• Part 3. Adaptation, resilience, conservation of resources and prevention of risk
• Conclusion. The Mediterranean Basin, climate change and our common future
• Conclusion. Le bassin méditerranéen, le changement climatique et notre avenir commun
• Postface. From Paris to Marrakesh. Rediscovering universalism
• Postface. De Paris à Marrakech Retrouver l’universalisme
• Address by HSH the Prince Albert II of Monaco
• Allocution de SAS le Prince Albert II de Monaco
• List of acronyms
• List of chapter coordinators and contributors